International Relations: Theories, Applications, and Current Events


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This will mostly be a discussion around major recent and ongoing events in international relations, while applying as much IR concepts and frameworks as possible.
08/08 Strategic Autonomy and Multipolarity
--Strategic Autonomy--
Strategic Autonomy in an Independent World
India and Strategic Autonomy, Europe, Europe2
--Multipolarity--
Multipolarity (Bilahari Kausikan)
India's Multialignment Strategy (Mahbubani)
The American State in a Multipolar World (Sachs)
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- Middle East
- Ukraine
- NATO / Transatlantic
- China / BRICS
- Other
Links to previous event on Israel-Iran:
John Mearsheimer & Yoram Hazony on Israel vs. Iran
BLACK PILL: Majority Americans Support Iran War
Ted Postol on Physics of the Air Strike, Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Douglas MacGregor, Chaz Freeman
Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East | Lex Fridman Podcast
Bilahari Kausikan: U.S. Role in World is Undergoing ‘Fundamental Shift’
Prior/ongoing series on basic IR Theories:
Theory
- Quick Overview of Structural Realism, Liberalism, etc.; Another
- Offensive vs. Defensive Realism; 2
- Constructivism
- Diplomacy: Stapleton Roy, George Schultz, Bilahari Kausikan
- Power: Joseph Nye, Jack Matlock
Talks, applications, and discussions
- Rise and Fall of Liberal Intl Order
- John Mearsheimer discusses his book "The Great Delusion"
- Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer (2015)
- Why John Mearsheimer is wrong about realism, great power politics and history
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AjiSqp5Ddw
Additional Info and References
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Every week on Friday until August 26, 2025
International Relations: Theories, Applications, and Current Events